Artspace Liberti is proud to host DRAWING NOW PHILADELPHIA, a curated exhibition highlighting
leading local artists who exemplify the versatility of drawing by stretching
the traditional boundaries of the genre. DRAWING NOW PHILADELPHIA will feature
14 Philadelphia-based artists whose work is at the forefront of the medium:
Ruth Scott Blackson, Astrid Bowlby, Amze Emmons, Alexis Granwell, Daniel
Heyman, Sharka Hyland, Colin Keefe, Erin Murray, Michelle Oosterbaan, Serena
Perrone, Mia Rosenthal, Hiro Sakaguchi, Caroline Santa, and Samantha Simpson. By
exhibiting a well-rounded variety of artistic practices, concepts and visions
related to drawing, DRAWING NOW PHILADELPHIA offers a glimpse into the latest
directions and developments in drawing and works on paper.

Drawing is a process of investigation, of testing, and
questioning, a meditation on the medium itself. It is not and never has been a
simplistic or subordinate medium. It is a wordless language, and an image-extension
of the artist. It functions as notation, as a means of transposing streams of
consciousness, or as experimentation with ideas and processes. Shirking
grandeur, ostentation, and effect, the flexibility of drawing as well as its
economy of means allows for a sincere revelation of the
artist’s mark and purest aesthetic gestures.

Gone are the days when drawing or
working on paper were viewed as merely preparatory, novice or journalistic.
While many other genres have come in and out of fashion and fallen victim to
perpetual self-re-invention, drawing has quietly maintained its purity, and,
unimpressed by the short life span of popular, cutting edge approaches of other
media, it has persisted and preserved the simplicity of basic forms, of the
mark, of concepts, and principles of aesthetics. Yet drawing still doesn’t get
the attention it should. Nor do the artists. DRAWING NOW PHILADELPHIA hopes to
bring to light the work of some of the region’s leading artists and to bring
well deserved attention to the Philadelphia art scene.

DRAWING NOW PHILADELPHIA opens on September 5, 2014 and will run through October 26, 2014. Join us for
the opening reception on Friday,
September 5, from 6:30 to 9:30pm.

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While
the gallery does not maintain regular viewing hours, visits can be
scheduled by appointment. Please e-mail us at artspaceliberti@gmail.com
to arrange a visit.

Artspace Liberti is a
multi-discipline arts venue organized and maintained by liberti church
east located at 2424 E York St. in the Fishtown neighborhood of
Philadelphia.